Since 1912, the National Genealogical Society Quarterly has published material concerning all regions of the nation and all ethnic groups including
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Diane MacLean Boumenot, CG, was previously editor of the journal Rhode Island Roots. Diane received the NGS Lou D. Szucs Distinguished Service Award in 2023 and the Robert M. Sherman Award from the Rhode Island Genealogical Society. She serves on the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) Education Fund and is a past President of the New England Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists. She is an occasional speaker and teacher and mentored Progen 68 and GenProof 53. Although her own research focuses on New England, Nova Scotia, and England and she holds a B.A. in History and English from Wesleyan University, she enjoys the wide variety of settings and experiences in American genealogy.
Mary Kircher Roddy, CG, CGG of Seattle, Washington, is a trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and was treasurer of the Association of Professional Genealogists from 2018 through 2021. She has both published and peer reviewed several articles in the NGSQ since 2018. She is a frequent presenter at conferences and for societies in the US, Canada and Australia on methodology and record types. She is one of the founders of the Applied Genealogy Institute. Her personal research focuses primarily in Ireland, California, Pennsylvania, and Ohio but extends to genealogical records in Germany. In addition to the NGSQ, her articles have appeared in NGS Magazine, Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, and various society publications. She was a mentor for ProGen study groups.
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